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A street scene in Manila 



and when about i 2 inches high is transplanted a spear 

 at a time into the soft mud ot the fields which has been 

 prepared bv ploughing. Rice grows best under about 

 4 inches ot water, and the ploughing which produces 

 the richest mud produces the best crop. 



In preparing the ground tor the rice, no animal is 

 equal to the buftalo, lor in the mud and water ot the 

 field it is in its element. Its ereat weiirht causes it to 

 sink deep in the mud and its enormous strength enables 

 it to plough deeper than can be done in anv (Jther man- 

 ner. The ploughing mav be done bv a single butialo 

 dragging a wooden plough or thev mav be voked in pairs. 

 The voke is a straight, heavy beam ot hard wood turned 

 to a diameter ot about 5 inches. Instead ot a bow such 

 as the old ox-bow of New England, two straight, heavy 

 hard-wood pins are put through holes in the voke down 



